Mary Jane Warnes

The couple lived in isolation at Koomooloo in the northeast of South Australia state, though she occasionally made a 129 kilometres (80 mi) trip by horse and cart to Burra to shop and converse with other women.

She took an active role in the running of the CWA from the outset, and was influential in the establishment of the metropolitan branch of the group in Adelaide.

[2] Warnes's active work led to her appointment as the State President of the CWA in 1929, a position which she held until 1941.

The following year, Register wrote of her: "Hers is often the guiding hand that steers a smooth path for women on whom the burdens of drought and bad seasons have weighed too heavily".

There are memorials dedicated to her at St. Mary's Church, Burra, the National Pioneer Women’s Hall of Fame in Alice Springs and at the C.W.A.